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Mitral Valve

May 22, 2023
During this Medtronic Global Grand Rounds discussion, Steven Bolling, M.D., Joanna Chikwe, M.D., Neal Duggal, M.D., Tom Nguyen, M.D., and Tessa Watt, M.D., demonstrate mitral valve repair techniques and discuss their use of chords. Dr. Duggal discusses the use of echo imaging to assist in surgical decision making.
May 16, 2023
This video demonstrates the use of the NeoChord DS1000 system, which is an innovative device that implants multiple sets of Gortex neochords onto the prolapsing segment of the posterior mitral valve leaflet through a minimally invasive approach without cardiopulmonary bypass.
April 13, 2023
This video demonstrates critical steps in performing mitral valve translocation, a novel technique for patients with secondary mitral regurgitation.
March 16, 2023
Surgical mitral valve repair is the gold standard treatment for mitral regurgitation due to degenerative disease. Repair is performed on the arrested heart, meaning that assessments of success can only be made after removal of cardiopulmonary bypass.
March 1, 2023
Watch as Dr. Meindert Palmen, from Leiden University Medical Center, performs and annotates a robotic mitral repair using the SimuForm™ Annuloplasty Ring.
February 2, 2023
A step-by-step guide to mitral valve replacement using a SAPIEN 3 balloon expandable valve via a minithoracotomy approach to treat mitral stenosis due to severe mitral annular calcification.
January 25, 2023
Watch as Steven Bolling M.D., Joanna Chikwe M.D., and Pieter Kappetein M.D. discuss several cases of mitral valve prolapse and their repair techniques during a Global Grand Rounds session.
July 15, 2022
In this article, the authors provide a step-by-step illustrated guide to performing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (MitraClip). This is a key article that will be of benefit to all learning to perform MitraClip. 
June 4, 2021
On May 25, 2021, Dr. David Heimansohn successfully performed the first surgical implantation of biopolymer Tria™ heart valve in a patient with mitral valve disease at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. 
May 21, 2021
A large RCT concluding that 'surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage provides additional protection against stroke when added to anticoagulation.' A number of limitations are briefly discussed. Findings are interesting in that absolute absence of surgical complications has been declared.

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